Article 1For the purposes of Article 3(2), (4) and (5) of...
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ANNEX IAIRPORT CATEGORIES, LISTS OF COMMUNITY AIRPORTS AND DEROGATIONS
I.Airport categories and reference periods taken into account II.Permitted derogations III.List of Community airports covered and derogations
ANNEX IIDESCRIPTION OF THE DATA FILES AND TRANSMISSION MEDIUM
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ANNEX IIIAmendments to the Annexes of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003
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Commission Regulation (EC) No 1358/2003

of 31 July 2003

implementing Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air and amending Annexes I and II thereto

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 February 2003 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of passengers, freight and mail by air1, and in particular Article 10 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

In accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003, the Commission should lay down the arrangements for implementing that Regulation.

(2)

It is necessary to establish the list of Community airports, apart from those having only occasional commercial traffic, and the derogations to be provided.

(3)

It is necessary to specify the format in which the data are to be transmitted, in sufficient detail to ensure that such data can be processed rapidly and in a cost-effective way.

(4)

The arrangements concerning the dissemination of the statistical results should be drawn up.

(5)

In accordance with the first indent of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 437/2003, the Commission should also adapt the specifications in the Annexes thereto.

(6)

The record structure for data transmission, the codes and the definitions set out in Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 need to be adapted.

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 437/2003 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee set up by Decision 89/382/EEC/Euratom2,

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